El Diario reports: Ministry of Defense 4,436 families were affected and had to leave their flooded homes to protect their safety, according to minister Javier Zavaleta Government suspended solidarity flights and continues search for missing persons in Caranavi Stabilization work in the Armas bridge sector, in the Santa Bárbara – Caranavi section, route that was…
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February 2019: If traveling by road in Bolivia, beware of this …
Pagina Siete reports: ABC reports eight closed sections in the country The Bolivian Road Administration (ABC) reported over the weekend that eight road stretches were closed to traffic due to landslides and floods. “The first section is Santa Barbara-Caranavi-Quiquibey, which at first has suffered several landslides at the height of what is Choro Alto, Choro…
Bolivian Mudslide Sweeps Cars Off Highway
The Weather Channel reports: Intense rain caused a mudslide Saturday [02/02/2019] in Bolivia that swept a half dozen cars off a highway and injured several people, officials said. The mudslide happened about 7:50 a.m. local time at a site called Puente Armas on a mountainous highway that runs between the Bolivian capital, La Paz, and…
ABC warns that seven road stretches in Beni and La Paz are impassable
To watch an updated map of road conditions for Bolivia, use the link at the bottom: Fides reports: ABC warns that seven road stretches in Beni and La Paz are impassable The road maintenance technician of the Bolivian Road Administration (ABC), Cristian Mendieta, informed on Monday that at the moment there are seven stretches affected…
Overflow of the Parapetí River in Charagua, Santa Cruz
ReliefWeb reports, excerpt pertaining Bolivia follow: Natural Disasters Monitoring – March 21, 2018 Severe Weather : Bolivia (update) On 20 March 2018, the Bolivia Civil Defense reported the Lagunillas Council declared the town of Charagua, Cordillera Province, Santa Cruz Department, a disaster zone due to recent heavy rain that caused an overflow of the Parapetí…
Oruro Governorate: Lake Poopó grew to more than 1,300 kilometers and it’s time to stop mining access!
The Oruro Governor must now take appropriate measures to ensure sustainable development of this lake. We knew that a source of the draining of this lake was mining activities, whereas they would be illegal or not, they should stop using this water. People complain about their way of living, they use natural resources ot the…
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